The diamond drill., 1887-06-25

under ground and mining is being very
rapidly carried ON. A well-appointed
stope on the first level at depth Of
sixty feet, now extends the entire dis
tance, about sixty-eight feet, between
"B' shalt and the timber shaft, the ore
being raised through the latter. The
stope now has a width OF about thirty
five feet, making room sixty-eight by
thirty-five feet with ore on all sides and
top and bottom and no walls. The
work Is being carried along the vein
which runs east and west. An opening
has been made into "B" shaft ut the
west end OF the stope. "B" shaft is now
down considerably over hundred feet
and it is the intention OF Capt. Raher 10
begin TO raise ore from that part Of the
mine shortly. The ore raised from this
shaft will be mined from the second level.
No work is being done from the open pit,
"A" shaft, Immediately east, Is scene
OF active mining. Ore is here raised by
means OF n skip. The ore taken from
THIS end is OF a better grade than that
taken from other parts OF the property.
Both walls having been found here, the
distance between them being thirty-six
feet. This is the first level and work is
being driven west which will eventually
overtake the work being done from the
timber shaft, making the two rooms one
A stope is soon to be worked east from
"A" shaft. The timbering is being done
In such manner that when the ore is
level the space can be filled in, which will
leave tunnel running east and west
about the center OF the vein. The space
between the tunnel and the walls will be
filled in with sand and rock from the
open pit, which is Immediately overhead,
thus the mine will be- made very secure.
When the second level is commenced the
timbers will be set directly under those
on the first level, and the space filled in
as above. The property then will not
only present n handsome appearance,
but will be ,ls safe as il possibly can be.
The pocket at the west end OF the prop
erty IL nearly completed. About one
hundred and fifty tons Of ore per day IL
now sent out
The Lee Peck property on section
twenty-six, 1882, is being rapidly con
verted into working mine. The first
pit in which the ore was found is being
timbercd up and made into AN eight by
ten foot working shaft IL il now down
forty feet and will be dropped TO dis.
tance OF seventy-iive feet, at which depth
drifting will be commenced. The north
pit is now down twenty-five feet and is
being timbcrcd; the ore i'm this shaft has
cleaned up and looks well Drifts will be
driven along the vein which will connect
the pits and put the mine In good con
dition To be wrought at any time such
steps may be considered advisable by
the encouragement. The foot wall has been
found ON the west but the hanging wal
is yet to be encountered. At this writing
the ore body has been shown up dis.
tance 81 forty-two feet across the for.
nation and may prove much wider before
the hanging wall is found. Average sam
pies Of ore taken from points six inches
apart for ~ distance of twcnty-eight feet
across the vein carry sixty-two and one.
half per cent. metallic iron while selected
samples have shown the iron TO rur
sixty-six and one-hali per cent metalli,
iron. The ore seems Co better perccpt
ably a. depth IL attained. No time MOI
money is being wasted in test pittinl
around the property M the management
IL quite satisfied with the prospect now
in view, and xill develope IL before look
ing for any more iron close at hand.
The writer visited the CuIbertson prop
erty, better known as the Luke Welcl
find, on section twenty-five, on Monday
and found that the property presented
every indication of large mine. Th'
main shaft was put down thirty-eigh'
feet last fall. A drift has been driver
west twenty feet and encountered a sean
of quartz. banded with ore. A drift hal
been driven twenty-six feet TO the eas'
and has shown up a clean foot wall o
soap stone. Thus IL will be seen tha'
there is forty-six loot vein OF ore M
this point. The formation has north
east and southwest course. A drift hal
been commenced from the end of the eas
drift and will be driven In southeast
crly direction. This drift has now beer
carried about fifteen feet and in the sam